Cameron's Cottage

Cameron’s Cottage is based within RSPB Franchises Lodge nature reserve – a dramatic woodland in the New Forest National Park. It's a unique activity centre designed to help teenagers and young adults to create lasting memories in nature.

We have all the facilities to ensure schools, colleges, universities, and groups can engage with the natural world in exciting and unique ways. Whether it's getting creative through outdoor cooking, tackling the grittier side of nature with survival skills and shelter building or learning conservation skills, visitors are encouraged to make any stay their own.  

Cameron’s Cottage is a great pace to enjoy the natural world, have fun and relax. The setting of a serene woodland on the edge of the New Forest National Park in a working nature reserve makes a perfect venue for an immersive wildlife experience.  

We offer day and residential visits with opportunities to take part in rewarding conservation work that teaches invaluable new skills and get stuck into a wealth of exciting activities.

At Cameron's Cottage, you'll find:

• Sleeping facilities for up to 19 people in four dormitories of varying sizes 

• Two accessible rooms – one single and one with four accessible beds 

• A fully equipped kitchen and facilities for indoor or outdoor cooking 

• Accessible toilets and showers 

• Communal areas inside and outside cottage, including outdoor fire pit with logs to sit on 

• An outdoor study centre that's ideal for outdoor lessons or to support field study work 

Cameron’s Cottage has been created as a legacy to Cameron Bespolka who died in 2013 aged sixteen. Cameron had a deep passion for nature, which began as a young child and developed further as he got older. Together, the RSPB and Cameron Bespolka Trust want to keep Cameron’s memory alive by encouraging more young people to find the same joy that Cameron found in the outdoors.  

Location: Franchise Cottage, Telegraph, Redlynch, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP5 2PX Google reference: 50.94875977983864, -1.6667396841258724  

Public transport links are limited. The New Forest Tour bus Red Route stops on the B3078 just outside Franchises Lodge reserve. The New Forest Tour  

Parking: There is room for a minibus and a car.  

• The Cameron Bespolka Trust 
• The National Lottery Heritage Fund 
• RSPB